For over a year, human rights activists and journalists have been documenting the ways in which rape and sexual slavery have become a cornerstone of the “theology” of ISIS. On Tuesday, Reuters reported on a detailed fatwa issued by the group, which makes it clear, once again, how thoroughly rape and sexual slavery are…

Horrifying reports continue to pile up about the ways in which the Islamic State is using the rape and sexual slavery of Yazidi women as a tool of war. A new report in the New York Times makes it clear that it’s also become an attractive recruiting tool, a draw for men from conservative Muslim societies where casual…

News that federal prosecutors were charging several Missouri men with the torture and slavery of a woman sparked a debate about whether BDSM was relevant to the case. Defendants' lawyers have been saying it is — claiming the woman consented.

What's the line between a consensual BSDM relationship — one party as master, another as slave — and a "brutally tortured sex slave"? Probably when the FBI says that the woman is mentally disabled and tried to escape.